Alex, after we dropped our affiliation with crossfit, we kept some conditioning components, but structure is much differently. Mainly we stick to low skill movements, reasonable volume, couplets and triplets, and always include rest...either through a fixed period or a send-off time. I wrote about it hear:

Greg: check this out and let me know what you think...
It work a fire schedule 48 on 96 off (2days/4days), so a 6 day cycle. I prefer to workout at home since I have better equipment then the fire station nd less chances of getting interrupted with emergency calls several times... Blowe s my tempte based on the Simplest Program you recommended.
I only perform one day at work along with another rest or active rest at work leaving me with 3 days solid days on my off and at home.

we have been doing this type of stuff for quite some time now. no injuries, no slop, no extreme soreness or systematic fatigue, get a great training stimulus yet can still function throughout the day, etc.

that being said, we don't do this all throughout the year. I may pull it in the rotation for 6-8 weeks or so, then take a break from it before people start getting burned out. our clients that are still with us that have done the crossfit 'metcon' in the past like this structure much better.

my problem with crossfit from the very beginning was that it was supposed to be a general physical PREPAREDNESS program. If preparedness is your ability to express fitness at any given moment, how good is your "gpp" immediately after a crossfit workout? the next day? the week after a competition?

Greg: check this out and let me know what you think...
It work a fire schedule 48 on 96 off (2days/4days), so a 6 day cycle. I prefer to workout at home since I have better equipment then the fire station nd less chances of getting interrupted with emergency calls several times... Blowe s my tempte based on the Simplest Program you recommended.
I only perform one day at work along with another rest or active rest at work leaving me with 3 days solid days on my off and at home.